Tattoo Aftercare

Your tattoo can take anywhere from 2-8 weeks to heal completely depending on the overall size, color, and detail of the tattoo.

Follow aftercare accordingly to ensure your tattoo heals correctly.

  • Follow aftercare accordingly to ensure your tattoo heals correctly.

    • Wash your hands prior to care.

    • Wash your tattoo with unscented, antibacterial soap TWICE a day upon regular morning and night routine or more often if needed. Pat the tattoo dry - DO NOT RUB - with a clean paper towel. If your tattoo looks dry, is excessively itching, glossy, etc than your tattoo is in need of additional moisturizer.

    • Apply A&D moisturizer on it after washing.

    • Please make sure to apply enough to fully moisturize the tattoo. Your tattoo should not be left dry however, avoid smothering your tattoo.

    • Gently rub the moisturizer into the skin to ensure it has been evenly applied.

    • DO NOT PICK THE SCABS - let them fall off naturally.

    • You may use any of the following to moisturize:

      • A&D Ointment (#1 recommended)

      • Unscented lotion

      • Tattoo Balm

      • Coconut Oil

      • Please DO NOT use aquaphor or vaseline as these are lubricants and will not moisturize your skin.

    • Avoid swimming, bathing, and any soaking of your tattoo until it has fully healed/finished peeling. Your tattoo is considered an open wound for the first 4 weeks of the healing process & soaking it will result in infection.

    • DO NOT expose your tattoo to direct sunlight for at least the first year without sunscreen. This will cause the color to fade/change. Sunscreen cannot be put on the tattoo until it has fully healed.

  • Failure to accurately follow aftercare instructions can result in infection, fading, uneven healing, scaring and will no longer be eligible for a free touch up. Tattoos are a permanent body modification, effects from poor aftercare can be permanent. The artists & Queen Ink are not responsible for poor healing in the case that you did not care for your tattoo properly.
    After your tattoo is fully 4 weeks healed, you can contact your artist for a touch up if needed! 
    Touch up must be cared for properly and done prior to the 6 month mark to be free of charge.